Students attend the first day of in-person classes, at a flooded school due to high tide, in Macabebe, Pampanga province, Philippines, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David - RC2C1W9TXYQQ
Pictures of the Year Asia (POY Asia) has announced the winners of its 2023 competition, including honors for four Reuters photojournalists in five categories. Created in 2021 as an official Pictures of the Year International program, POY Asia is committed to promoting Asia-based photographers and stories and showing the world from an Asian perspective.
Reuters photographers earned one first prize, one finalist and three award of excellence recognitions in the POY Asia 2023 competition.
Reuters contributor Lisa Marie David won First Prize in the Nature and Environment category for her photograph of students attending the first day of classes at a flooded school in Macabebe, Philippines. The award is given to a single picture that increases the understanding and appreciation of nature and the environment, emphasizing the relationship between humans and nature.
Students attend the first day of in-person classes, at a flooded school due to high tide, in Macabebe, Pampanga province, Philippines, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
David was also named a finalist in the General News category, recognizing a single photograph of a news event or social issue, for her picture of a protest denouncing the proclamation of the new Philippine president and vice president.
Police officers block activists during a protest denouncing the proclamation of the new Philippine president and vice president, in front of the Commission on Human Rights, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
In the Spot News category, which celebrates photographs of breaking news or events where no planning was possible, Reuters photographer Hong-Ji Kim was given an Award of Excellence for her picture of a shop owner paying their respects at the site of the Seoul Halloween stampede.
The clerk of a shop situated on the site where a stampede happened during Halloween festivities pays respects in the middle of the site, in Seoul, South Korea October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Reuters photographer Adnan Abidi was also recognized with an Award of Excellence for his coverage of the Sri Lanka economic crisis in the Issue Reporting Picture Story category. The category celebrates a long-term project on a single topic that conveys a deep understanding of the subject.
A protestor throws back a tear gas canister towards the police during a protest organized by students near the President’s House, amid the country’s economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiProtestors hold Sri Lankan flags as they stand on top of the office of Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, amid the country’s economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiPolice use water cannon to disperse the protestors during a protest organised by students near the President’s House, amid the country’s economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
In the premier category, Photographer of the Year, Reuters photographer Thomas Peter was an Award of Excellence recipient for his coverage of China-based stories, including droughts affecting farmers, protests against China’s anti-COVID measures and the country’s zero COVID response.
A woman carries a fishing net as she walks by a pool of water left by Poyang Lake that shows record-low water levels as the region experiences a drought outside Nanchang, Jiangxi province, China, August 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas PeterPandemic prevention workers leave for their shift to look after buildings where residents do home quarantine, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Beijing, December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas PeterPeople hold white sheets of paper in protest over coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, after a vigil for the victims of a fire in Urumqi, as outbreaks of COVID-19 continue, in Beijing, China, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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